The Deus ti salvet Maria (also known simply as the "Sardinian Hail Mary") is a devotional song belonging to the Sardinian tradition of the Gosos, written in Sardinian language in the 18th century by the poet Bonaventura Licheri[1] (Neoneli, 1667–1733). The lyrics were translated around 1725; the oldest transcription is the one of Maurizio Carrus, who had inserted it as an appendix in the Rosary of San Vero Milis in 1731. The Laude is sung in the form of the gosos, a typical devotional song widespread in Sardinia.[2]
In 1974 Sardinian singer Maria Carta presented it to the general public on the Canzonissima television show; in 1987 she performed it at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, accompanied by a pipe organ.
Performers
edit- Maria Teresa Cau
- Maria Carta
- Anna Loddo
- Coro di Nuoro
- Andrea Parodi with Tazenda
- Mark Harris with Fabrizio De André
- Savina Yannatou, arr. by Haris Lambrakis
- Savina Yannatou with Elena Ledda
- Franca Masu
- Gianni Maroccolo with Ginevra Di Marco
- Antonella Ruggiero
- Clara Murtas, arr. by Ennio Morricone
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The lyrics of the Ave Maria in the Logudorese dialect were attributed to Licheri by Giovanni Saba, bishop of Oristano from 1842 to 1860. See Antonio Strinna on the Canto Sardo a Guitar website, 1 September 2008
- ^ Paolo Mercurio, Introduzione alla Musica Sarda, cap. “Tre canti sardi di tradizione colta”, pp. 191-201, Milano, 2014 ISBN 978-88-6885-013-5
External links
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- interpretation of Maria Carta in Canzonissima (1974)
- Deus ti salvet Maria: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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